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King Arthur and King Mark: Aspects of Kingship in Malory's 'Morte D'arthur
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E-textuality, e-medieval, e-Malory : the rebirth of Le morte d'Arthur on the web.
… especially the culture of Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur. Finally, though, electronic resources provide the means for reconstructing these contexts. This study focuses on showing how the application of the postmodern theories of Derrida, Bakhtin, and Foucault allow modern scholars to …
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(N)Onomastics and Malory: Anonymity and Female Characters in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'arthur
… who appear in Sir Thomas Malory's <italic>Le Morte D'Arthur</italic>, expanding the possibilities for how gender roles might be interpreted based on a wider range of female roles. Primary named female characters such as Guinevere and Morgan Le Fay perform more stereotypical functions in the …
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Malory's Lancelot: the Conflicts of Chivalry Based on a Source Study of Malory's Morte D'Arthur
The person of Sir Thomas Malory, author of Morte Darthur, has drawn much scholarly attention since the publication of William Caxton's first edition in 1485. Because Caxton was not specific about the author, scholars have speculated on Malory's true identity. Since the nineteenth century most …
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Arthurian mythology in the twentieth century : T.H. White and John Steinbeck's interpretations of Malory's Morte d'Arthur
… King and John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights, two novels based on the Arthurian legend, and to investigate their reliance on Malory's Morte Darthur. A close critical reading of both texts is provided. The thesis begins by setting the novels in the context of the …
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Writing the Apocalypse: Literary Representations of Eschatology at the End of the Middle Ages
… The Pardoner's Tale, and Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'arthur. This dissertation reveals that several texts subscribed to an expectation of cosmic and personal annihilation, in the Augustinian representation, or of global transformation in the Joachist version. Nearly all of the texts agree in …
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Masks of the Dark Goddess in Arthurian Literature: Origin and Evolution of Morgan le Fay
<p>The world of Arthurian legend is one steeped in mythology and magic, reflecting ancient Celtic traditions and tales that long preceded it. Such tales often feature perplexing and seemingly contradictory characters who drive complex plotlines and frequently challenge primary figures, greatly …
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Questing the Beast: From Malory to Milton
… and exploring the impact of Malory's <em>Le Morte d'Arthur</em> on post-Medieval authors, three developmentally important Renaissance Beast can be identified. Through comparison and critical analysis there is evidence that Errour and the Blatant Beast from Spenser's <em>The Faerie Queene</em> …
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Malory's work in the light of his times
… the bonds of race, or place, or time. The Morte d'Arthur is in this respect a pathway in human experience and the aim of my essay has been to test its reliability. Conclusions are expressed at intervals in the body of the essay, often at the end of a section or subsection, and, more …
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Behold thy doom is mine: The evolution of Guinevere in the eorks of Chrétien de Troyes, Sir Thomas Malory, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
… values and mores. She has metamorphosed from Arthur’s noble queen to Lancelot’s jealous lover, from a motherly sovereign to a vindictive adulteress as each author struggled to apply his own literary and societal conventions to a character that is both inherited and created.</p> <p>In …